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Ballad (2009)

Ballad (2009)

Action Drama Romance
Release Date: 2009, September 5
Directors: Takashi Yamazaki
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Robot Communications, TV Asahi, J-dream, dentsu, ADK, LesPros Entertainment, Shin-Ei Animation, Futabasha, Shogakukan, Shirogumi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Cast: Yui Natsukawa, Takao Osawa, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Michitaka Tsutsui, Akashi Takei

Overview:

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi (Takei) does the time-traveling and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren (Aragaki) who subsequently rejects an arranged marriage to Okura Itakatora (Osawa), a powerful daimyo of northern Kanto. Enraged by the rejection, Okura sends a large army to Ijiri's smaller state and it's up to Shinichi to change their destiny.